EP0724754A1 - Device for reading and identifying printable card-type data media - Google Patents
Device for reading and identifying printable card-type data mediaInfo
- Publication number
- EP0724754A1 EP0724754A1 EP94929404A EP94929404A EP0724754A1 EP 0724754 A1 EP0724754 A1 EP 0724754A1 EP 94929404 A EP94929404 A EP 94929404A EP 94929404 A EP94929404 A EP 94929404A EP 0724754 A1 EP0724754 A1 EP 0724754A1
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- Prior art keywords
- print head
- thermal print
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K1/00—Methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion
- G06K1/12—Methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion otherwise than by punching
- G06K1/126—Methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion otherwise than by punching by photographic or thermographic registration
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K17/00—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
Definitions
- the invention relates to a device for reading and
- Marking of printable, card-shaped data carriers which have a thermosensitive layer, with a transport mechanism for linear movement of the data carrier in a flat channel defining a transport path, with a reading marking device having a thermal print head for visually readable marking of the data carrier, and with a pressure roller opposite the thermal print head.
- Such devices are known, for example, from EP-B 199 234, according to which the thermal print head is rigidly arranged on the transport path and the opposing pressure roller is suspended in a resiliently movable manner.
- a device which has an angled guideway and a thermal print head which is movably arranged in the kink area, the data carrier having to be bent both during the outward and return movement.
- EP-A 437 724 Another device of this type is shown in EP-A 437 724, which in turn has a straight guideway into which the thermal print head can be pivoted.
- the opposing pressure roller is rigidly arranged.
- the data carrier When using the thermal print head, the data carrier should be slightly curved, at least in the contact area, so that the thermal print head can lie approximately tangentially. If the curvature of the data carrier is to be caused by the angling of the guideway or by the opposite pressing the thermal print head and the pressure roller against one another, the data carrier must be easily bendable and have a small thickness.
- Card-shaped data carriers usually not only have the area that can be printed by the action of heat, but can also additionally have a magnetic stripe and / or contain an electronic module (WO-92/21105) according to the two EP documents mentioned, which can be used, for example, as check cards or telephone cards , Ski pass etc. can be used and have a greater thickness and increased flexural strength.
- an electronic module WO-92/21105
- the invention has now set itself the task of creating a card control and processing device of the type mentioned, into which card-shaped data carriers of any thickness can be inserted.
- the thermal print head is arranged outside the transport path and the pressure roller opposite it is arranged to be movable towards the thermal print head.
- This allows the processing of all types of data-shaped data carriers, since they are preferably moved along a flat transport path. If the data carrier is to be processed by means of the thermal print head, the pressure roller is actuated, which presses the data carrier against the thermal print head.
- the thermal print head is preferably provided in a bulge in the channel, so that the data carrier is slightly curved.
- the arrangement outside the transport path avoids the unnecessary soiling and wear and tear of the thermal print head, which, since the pressure roller is moved anyway, is fixed in the bulge or has a limited flexibility.
- a first preferred embodiment provides that the reading-marking device has a bar code reader and a magnetic stripe reader and / or reader for a rewritable electronic module (IC) in particular, so that data carriers with a bar code, with a magnetic stripe and / or with an electronic module are read by machine and at It can also be thermally processed if, for example, the contents of the memory or its changes have to be made visually readable or a bar code has to be applied.
- a data carrier that is only to be checked runs freely in the flat transport path. After the check, it can be returned or it can be issued at the other end.
- the pressure roller is mounted on a rocker arm which can be raised by means of an eccentric element.
- the stroke of the pressure roller can be limited in that the eccentric element has a driver roller, which is arranged on a pivotally driven crank arm, and the driver roller engages in a slot in the rocker arm.
- the possible uses of the device can be further improved if the transport path bifurcates the reading marking device and a switchable switch is provided in a side section.
- This enables, for example, the processing of two data carriers, for example a value card and a credit or check card: for the value card introduced first, a price or the like, for example, can be printed. be determined in which corresponding information is provided by one of the reading devices.
- the data carrier is then moved over the switch into the parking area brought, whereupon the credit card is inserted, processed and issued again as the second data carrier. This usually does not require a printing process. After the credit card has been issued again, the first inserted value card is retrieved from the parking area, printed on the thermal printer and also issued again.
- the switchable switch preferably has a pivotably mounted switch flap and is moved by means of a driven control disk on which a link track is formed. So that a data carrier stored in the side section does not change its position, a preferred embodiment provides that a clamping device is provided in the branching side section of the transport path. The clamping device is preferably also actuated via the control disk, for which purpose a second link track can be provided on the control disk.
- a drive for the switch flap and / or the clamping device can also be provided instead of the slide track, for example electromagnetic drives, which can also be used individually and independently of one another.
- a further preferred embodiment can provide that two side sections branch off from the transport path, each of the two side sections having a switch flap and a clamping device.
- This makes it possible to feed a strip from a supply roll that is only to be cut into the device via one of the two side sections, so that the device can also be used for outputting application-specific printed data carriers, for example tickets, without hindering the other possibilities described.
- the link control is of particular advantage, since the construction is particularly simple if the two turnout flaps and the two clamping devices are assigned a common, rotatably driven control disk on which a common link track for the two turnout flaps and a second, common track is provided for the two pivot levers of the clamping devices.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic longitudinal section through an embodiment of a device according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic plan view of parts of the device
- Fig. 3 enlarges the switch and clamping mechanism.
- a flat channel 2 defined by two lateral U-rails 2.0 extends, the rigidly or elastically mounted rollers 10, which are driven by a motor 11 and not driven, for the transport of a card-shaped data carrier through the channel 2 assigned.
- a plurality of light barriers 25 are provided for the respective position determination, of which only one is indicated.
- a reading / marking device for all known types of card-shaped data carriers comprises a central bar code reader 12, a thermal printhead 15 with an opposing pressure roller 16, at least one magnetic read / write head 13 arranged on the outside with an opposing pressure roller 14, and an IC reader 26 for contactless communication with an electronic module embedded in particular in the interior of the data carrier.
- the channel 2 is provided with a bulge 9, in which the thermal print head 15 is arranged outside the transport path. Data carriers passing through channel 2 therefore do not come into contact with thermal print head 15. If a data carrier having a thermosensitive region is to be printed, the pressure roller 16 is raised so that the data carrier is arched and finally printed. Thus, the arching of the data carrier takes place only at the point in time required and to the extent that leads to the best possible printing.
- the pressure roller 16 is moved to a far greater extent than in known devices, since the gap to be overcome is wider than the greatest thickness of the data carriers to be carried out. The contact area of the pressure roller 16 is thus moved from a position outside the transport path essentially through it to the other side of the transport path and the gap is reduced to the desired width.
- the thermal print head 15 can be fixed in the bulge 9 and the pressure roller 16 can be arranged in a slightly flexible manner.
- the stroke limitation shown in FIG. 1 is preferably provided, the driven pressure roller 16 being mounted on a rocker arm 17, in which a to the transport path approximately parallel slot 24 is provided.
- the thermal print head 16 is preferably provided in the bulge 9 in a slightly flexible manner, so that its return spring, not shown, determines the contact pressure on the high-arched data carrier.
- the transport path bends into a straight-line continuation 3 and two side sections 4, 5 which lead obliquely downwards or upwards.
- a switchable switch 6 is provided at the fork, which can be switched from its central position in the transport path 2, 3 by an electric motor 7 to the lower or upper side section 4, 5. At least the continuation 3 of the
- the transport path and a side section 4 are open at the end, so that the data carriers not only move back and forth, but can also be transported through the device from both sides.
- a cutting device 19 is assigned to the channel 2, with the aid of which data carriers can be cut from a supply roll, which are fed, for example, through the side section 4.
- the side track 5 is intended in particular as a parking track for a data carrier if, in the meantime, a second data carrier is to be processed in the device.
- a clamping device 30 is assigned to both side sections 4, 5 and is effective when the switch 6 is closed.
- a device is provided for switching the switch 6 from the middle position shown in FIG. 3 to the position shown in FIG. 1, which connects the upper side section 5 to the transport track has driven control disc 8.
- a first link track 34 for the movement of two switch flaps 31 and a second link track 39 for the movement of two pivot levers 36 are formed on the control disk 8.
- the switch flaps 31 are each pivotally mounted about an axis 32 and are guided with a pin 33 in the link path 34, which extends over a central angular range of, for example, 160 ° in a circular arc concentrically to the axis 28 of the control disk 8 and extends in the two end regions 35 for example over an angle of about
- Each switch flap 31 therefore does not change its position from the central position shown in FIG. 3, in which it is sunk into the initial region of the respective side section 4, 5, at the beginning of the rotation of the control disk 8, but does pivot to the other Side of the transport path as soon as the pin 33 enters the end region 35.
- pivot levers 36 which are pivotable about the axis 41 and have a pin 38 which engages in the second link path 39. This extends in a central region 40 closer to the axis 28 of the control disk 8 than in the two end regions, in which each pivot lever 36 is pressed outwards.
- Each pivot lever 36 has a slot 37 through which the axis of the driven transport rollers 10 runs, so that the pivot lever can be moved outwards.
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- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
- Conveying Record Carriers (AREA)
- Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
- Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AT2098/93 | 1993-10-19 | ||
AT0209893A AT399409B (en) | 1993-10-19 | 1993-10-19 | DEVICE FOR READING AND LABELING PRINTABLE, CARD-SHAPED DATA CARRIERS |
PCT/AT1994/000150 WO1995011493A1 (en) | 1993-10-19 | 1994-10-17 | Device for reading and identifying printable card-type data media |
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EP0724754A1 true EP0724754A1 (en) | 1996-08-07 |
EP0724754B1 EP0724754B1 (en) | 1998-01-07 |
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US (1) | US5825393A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0724754B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP3545406B2 (en) |
AT (2) | AT399409B (en) |
DE (1) | DE59404979D1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1995011493A1 (en) |
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- 1994-10-17 WO PCT/AT1994/000150 patent/WO1995011493A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1994-10-17 EP EP94929404A patent/EP0724754B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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